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Latest Photos from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

MRO Photo of Possible Mars Impact Crater

NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona

The HiRISE instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this image of layered deposits near the Red Planet’s south pole to take a closer look at a circular feature that might be an impact crater. Photo released April 4, 2017.

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